Paper feed for headrests



-A, T. PATTIMORE.

PAPER FEED FOR HEADRESTS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1921.

lAQQBS'Y. Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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Be it known that I, AUeUs'rUs T. PATTI- MORE, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento, State of California, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Paper Feeds for Headrests; and I do .hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and-useful improvements in ahead-rests, and particularly to headrests used in connection with the chairs employed in barber shops, dentists ofiices, and the like.

One object of this invention is to provide a head rest of this character which has a strip or paper, on a portion of which-the patientrests his head, novel and improved means being employed to automatically feed the paper soiled by the contact of theusers head, from the head-rest.

Another object is to provide a paper feeding device of this characterby means of which a predetermined quantity of paper will be automatically run out of the headrest, to do away with waste by careless assistants.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which includes means for pre venting the paper from sticking to the leather of the headrest, in the event that the paper becomes wet from the head of a shampooed customer.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal central sectional view through a head-rest made in accordance with the invention, and showing the motor mechanism, for feeding the paper.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device, the belt and paper being broken away.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

Figure 4 is a view similar to that of Fig;- ure 1, but showing a modification wherein a spring motor is used to feed the paper, the motor being controlled by a manually operated detent.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, there is shown a housing consisting of a pair of vertical parallel plates 10 and 11, connected by the transverse pins Specificationofietters'Patent. at nt u 22, meg,

Application filledifl'oveinhe'r 17,1921. Serial ram-5,851.

12-and 13, and the flat metalstrip 14, the latter being arranged to be secured tothecback ofa chair of the type used by barbers or dentists. The pins 12 are arranged adjacent the upper curved'edges of the plates 10 and 11. Secured tothe inner face of the side plate 10, is a bracket 15, which rotatably supports one of the trunnions 16 of the paper roll 17,the other trunnion vbeing supported in the plate 11,-said' roll being located near one end of the housing. Rotatably supported by the other ends of the plates-1O and 11, are the transversely extending and vertically alined rollers-'18 and 19,-between which' the paper 20,-from the roll 17 is'fed. Extendingtransversely between the plates 10 and 11, below the lower roller 19, is a vertical knife blade 21 beneath which the endof the paper 20 is adapted to be drawn and severed thereby. The paper 20 isled from the'roll 17 upwardly'andthen-rearwardly over the pins 12, downwardly around the roller 18, between the rollers 18 and 19, against the inner side of the roller 19,:and vthence downwardly betweenthe knife blade 21 and the single pin 13, where it dependsto be grasped by the operator; a i A frame 22 issupported-on the inner face of the plate 10, and supported in this frame are the transverse shafts 23, 2 1, the former having a large gear 25 thereon, while the shaft 24 has the spur gear 26, and the lantern gear 27, fixed thereto and rotatable therewith. The lantern gear 27 meshes with the large gear 25, while the spur gear 26 meshes with a lantern gear 28, on the shaft of the roller 18. Loosely suspended on the shaft 23 is a depending weight 29 on its lower portion and an angularly extending reduced extension 30 on its upper portion, said extension 30 having a pivoted spring pressed pawl 31 mounted thereon, and which pawl engages with the ratchet wheel 25 of the gear 25. Engaged over the pins 12, with its upper lap disposed beneath the strip of paper 20, is an endless belt 32, said belt being arranged to prevent the paper from adhering to the leather facing of the head-rest, should the paper become wet by contact with the wet hair of the customer.

When the chair is in an upright position, the housing will stand in an approximately vertical position, with the weight 29 depending vertically from the shaft 23, the pawl engaged with one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 25, and the free end of the paper, and wasting same.

paper 20 projecting below thelznite blade 21 to be grasped, by the, operator. The,

back ofthe chair is then lowered, when the weight 29 will swing rearwardly, the pawl 31 sliding back over the teeth of the ratchet wheel, 25. ,WVhen thebarber is ready to shave the customer, he" grasps the end of the paper and tears the same along the'edge z of the knife blade21. When he again lifts the back of the chair, the weight will-swing forwardly-forcing the pawl toturn the gear 25, which in tllIIlTOtiLtQS'thG gear 27 and the gear 28, with the 'result that the paper will be drawn through the rollers 18 and '19 for a distance approxim ate'ly equal to the length of the portion exposed between the first and lastof the pins12 of the arcuate series. 1 The operator then-tears off this projectedend of the paper or leaves the same until the chair is again loweredfor the next customer. Thus 'theop'erator is prevented from pulling out too much of the A new portion of paper is exposed sufiicient for each new customer. f Y Itwill'thus be seen thateach'time the chair back is elevated into an upright position a portion of-the paper isfed rearwardly through the rollers 18 and 19,'-to expose a new and'clean portion'for the head of the customer, and that the soiled portion is projected into position to be easily and quickly severed by the operator. Especial attention iscalled to the endless belt, which has its upper lap between the head rest and the correspondingportion of the paper. In the event that a customerhasbeen given a shampoo, his hair will be wet, and should he desire a shave,

"his wet hair will rest on" the exposed portion= -.o,f.the paper, and when the chair is raised, this paper would have a tendency to adhere .to the leather facing of. the headrest. With the belt interposed between the paper and head-re'st- -this is obviated.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination withthe head-rest of a'barbers chair, ofa paper feeding echanism comprising a papercroll support, a paper guide,feed' rolls between which the paper is moved, a trainof gearsengaged with one of the feed rolls, a pendulum; a pawl carried by the pendulum and engaged withone of the gearsof the train, and an endless belt between the head-rest and the Paper and movable therewith; w w

2. The combination :with a head-rest of abarbers chair, of a paper feeding mecha-.

feeding belt'engag'ed around the rollers, a'

train of gears operatively' connected with one of the rollers, one ofthe gears of the train having an integral ratchet wheel a pendulum loosely suspended from the shaft of one of the gearspandapawl-mounted on 1 the' pendulum andeng aged with the ratchet Wheel. I: I"

I In testimony whereof, I affixmy" signature, in the resencei of two witnesses;

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